Water Content of Sweet Natural Gas at Pressures below 500 psia (3500 kPaa)

Reference: Sec. 6.2, Chapter 6, Gas Dehydration, "Fundamentals of Natural Gas Processing"
by Arthur J. Kidnay and William R. Parrish

y H 2 O=

PH

Sat

where:

7258 .2
(73. 649
7.3037 lnT +0. 0000041653T 2 )
T

P H O = 10
Sat

] 0.001

where:
PH20Sat =
T=
yH2O =
P=

saturation or vapor pressure, kPa

Gas Temperature, K (Temperature Range: 273.2-647.1 K)
mole fraction of water in sweet natural gas
Gas Pressure, kPa

Inputs
P=
T=

2070 kPaa
26.7 C

Calculations
PH20Sat =

3.506 kPaa

yH2O =

0.0017 moles of water per mole of gas

1300 mg /Sm3
81.2 lb/MMscf